Where the Romanian word “papuc” comes from
From Turkish.
- DEX ’98 says
Din tc. papuç, magh. papucs.
→ Turkish · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Turkish (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ottoman Turkish پابوج ← Persian پاپوش
- In film dialogue
- 13 times per million words · number 3,404 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 3.6 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 15 33 21 21 22 - Swap in a synonym
- fugi (Inherited Latin), gheată (Italian), bocanc (Hungarian), eufemism (French), sabot (French)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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